Lynx in the News

“Appliance designers have different priorities when specifying motors. Characteristics such as efficiency, torque, and noise may figure more or less prominently, depending on the application. A motor that scored well in all three categories could be attractive for many devices.”

A solar race team from North Dakota State University crossed the southern California finish line first in the Stock Class of the American Solar Challenge. Their entry, powered by a Bodine e-TORQ™ electric motor based on Lynx SEMA technology, outpaced competitors using electric motors specially built for solar racing and costing as much as $17,000 each. “The e-TORQ motor was the envy of the race. It lived up to the Bodine ‘Quality in Motion’ slogan,” said Ryan Schumaker, spokesperson for the NDSU Sunsetters team. The 10-day, 2,300-mile American Solar Challenge took the NDSU students from Chicago to Los Angeles along historic Route 66 and is the longest solar car race in the world.

The US Navy’s Seahorse autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) is mentioned briefly in this article about military AUVs. The Seahorse, which is a 28-foot long battery-powered robotic submarine, uses a Lynx motor for propulsion. The photo gallery accompanying the online version of the article includes several pictures of the Seahorse in action.

“First reported in EVWorld in May, 1999, the Lynx Motion Lorentz-force axial flow motor will soon see its first ‘real world’ test in the University of Tennessee’s FutureTruck where it is being mated to a small, 3 cylinder diesel engine.”

“A local technology firm, Lynx Motion Technologies, of New Albany, Indiana, was one of two firms to receive major funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop new electric drive motors for the automotive industry.”

“What’s the secret of the Lynx motor? It's the way Kessinger and his handful of Lynx engineers have found a way to concentrate the number of motor windings while eliminating many of the parts found in a conventional electric motor, which itself means lower production costs.”

“In 1990, the engineers at Visual Computing Systems Corp. were working to build a more efficient robotic actuator, a gear-driven motor that powers robotic equipment. What they came up with was something far more dramatic – a gearless industrial motor that was quieter, stronger, lighter and more efficient than anything now on the market.”

“Recently, Lynx Motion Technology Corporation, a small business partner of the Manufacturing Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) in Louisville, Kentucky, has developed a totally new type of electric motor which is so precise and so powerful (10 times the torque-to-weight ratio of conventional electric motors) that it could revolutionize the way Navy ship systems operate. Furthermore, the basic simplicity of the motor design promises greatly reduced maintenance costs.”